Labour for landlords? Poll carried out by PIMS.co.uk

Ed Miliband has promised rent increases would be capped at inflation and tenants given standard three-year contracts to stop tenants being “ripped off”. Does this influence the way you will vote?

There were three straightforward answers that they could respond to:

Yes, I’m less likely to vote labour

No, this does not influence my vote

Yes, I’m more likely to vote labour

Within just a couple of days PIMS received over 500 votes with an overwhelming majority of landlords stating that they would be less likely to vote Labour.

Yes, I’m less likely to vote Labour 62.67%

No, this does not influence my vote 32.57%

Yes, I’m more likely to vote Labour 4.76%

Richard Merrick of PIMS.co.uk says : “PIMS does not wish to become involved with the political posturing that all parties are now engaging in their “staged” public addresses, however we wrote a blog post on exactly what the Main Parties are using in their manifestos, that will directly affect landlords and the private rented sector.”